10-20-2002More than five months without news... Sorry about that, I just got too busy with my day
job. Don't worry, neither of my projects is abandoned. It's just that in addition to being
very busy I did not see real point in updating either of them. Summer is slow time for most
open source projects and Atari800 and Sarien do not make exceptions.
I could not get solid confirmation for those reports about Pocket Atari slowdowns. In any
case two last versions will remain available.

5-15-2002Just got some reports that the new version of Pocket Atari is actually slower than the
previous one on some devices (Casio EM500), and there are other issues as well. I am not
seeing slowdowns on iPAQ but there a few things that are definitely broken. I will investigate the
problem and post fixed version as soon as possible. Meanwhile, try it, and if it does not work for you,
use previous version.

5-13-2002New version of Pocket Atari is here at last!
There is only one improvement in this version but very important one: it is much faster.
On my iPAQ 3635 I am getting practically full speed with sound and linear filtering enabled
without frameskip! Try it and let me know what you think.

4-24-2002PocketSarien update is available.
The crash in Police Quest is gone. Multislot savegame code got rearranged again. A few bugs were
fixed in process.

4-6-2002New and improved version of PocketSarien is up.
Multiple savegame slots are now available! Other important changes include finally working Restart,
disabled manual protection in a few games, and quite a few small core fixes. The bug that killed
sound after exiting game from the game menu is also gone. Have fun!

2-10-2002Big update. New version of PocketAtari is available.
Most important changes in this version: support for all existing video modes (color, monochrome,
palette); optional linear filtering (as seen in PocketSarien); cleaned-up UI (removed confusing and
non-working items, added more settings); changed button assignments (Casio users should be happy);
fixed compatibility issues with PocketPC 2002; support for Targus Stowaway keyboard and QPad
joystick (highly recommended item for iPAQ users); many smaller fixes.
More. The last posted version of PocketSarien had pretty bad bug in savegame code. It should be
fixed now. New version is available in Downloads
section. Side note: save game screen looks like it might support multiple saved games. It does
not yet but you can see that there is some work in progress there.

1-13-2002I have compiled PocketAtari from Atari800 1.2.2 sources. These binaries will
be posted on Atari800 SourceForge site shortly.
If you decide to play with it keep in mind that it is somewhat slower than the version 1.0
posted here. This is unfortunate side effect of certain visual enhancements. I will try to
fix this and a couple of other minor issues before posting binaries on this site.

1-12-2002New version of PocketSarien is avalable in Downloads.
A few more bugs fixed and one important feature added. PocketSarien now runs on
256-color devices (HP Jornada 525).

12-30-2001Apparently, I was too busy lately. Sorry, no new releases here today, but I still have
some news. Both Atari800 and Sarien projects had "official" releases in last couple of weeks.
Sarien is now at 0.7 and Atari800 1.2.1 got released just a few minutes ago. Atari800 moved
to SourceForge. Both PocketAtari and PocketSarien can be compiled from current source
distributions. PocketAtari still needs some work before I can make a new release.
Two things: performance and UI. That's all for today. Have a Happy New Year!

11-12-2001Pocket Sarien Revision 4 released. The most important changes are: finally fixed save/load
code and monochrome device support. After that many revisions I cannot call the project
"unsupported" anymore. Thanks to everybody for the great feedback. Special thanks to Oleg Zakharov
for his endless hours of bug hunting and to Patrik (sorry, don't have his last name) for
testing Pocket Sarien on monochrome iPAQ.
Still not much progress on Pocket Atari. I am planning to release refresh build in a
few weeks but nothing dramatically different there. After all, that project was pretty
solid from the beginning. I am still hoping to get some performance boost.

10-19-2001Pocket Sarien SR1 released. This Service Release fixes nasty save/load bug.
Download it from Downloads section.
The save/restore is not perfect yet (character may be restored on the wrong spot of
the scene) but at least it works.

10-17-2001Pocket Sarien Revision 3 has been uploaded to the
usual spot. It is much more stable,
easier to use and looks better too. Give it a try!
The most important changes: major memory leak fixed; crash in "shake_screen"
fixed; keyboard usability issues fixed; linear filter to improve graphics quality;
a lot of other fixes.

9-9-2001Pocket Sarien has been updated to Revision 2. Download it from
Downloads section. Essentially, it is now in
sync with the parent project. Also, source code was integrated into main CVS repository
at SourceForge. Check Sarien site
for a nice shot of iPAQ running Pocket Sarien.

9-2-2001News! No, it's not new version of Pocket Atari, it is not even Atari-related, but it is
still emulation-related, sort of. If you ever played old Sierra games, like King's Quest or
Leisure Suit Larry, you will like this one. Pocket PC port of open-source AGI interpreter
Sarien is available in Downloads section.

8-25-2001Small status update. Last weeks were very busy. I had only a few hours to work
on Pocket Atari, so no big news there. Still thinking about good design for UI replacement.
File Browse dialog is functional; why did MS break FileOpenDialog in WinCE is beyond my
comprehension. A few minor bugs fixed (Jumpman works). There were a few changes in core
Atari800 code. Apparently, Atari5200 cartridge code was quite broken, now it's fixed.

8-05-2001Updated Downloads page. Apparently, MIPS
build can be considered working by now. I got quite a few reports and the only two major
issues there are speed (which is not perfect in ARM build either but I still don't know if
I can do anything with that), and my assumption that all devices have more or less the
same controls (Casio is missing Start button).
I am still working on the next version. No promises about release date, I am quite
busy these days. Let's say, it will be out when it's ready.

7-28-2001Site opens. The first public version (1.0) is available for download.